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Town's churches unite for Undefeated
On the middle Sunday of the Paralympics, the small Oxfordshire market town of Wantage was home to one of the most inspiring Undefeated events we’ve heard about yet....
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Undefeated athletes - how did they get on in the Paralympics?
In 2011, these five athletes were filmed for the Undefeated DVD urging churches to recognise Paralympic sport as celebratory, challenging and inclusive. ...
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The Dream came true: Haitian Paralympians compete in London 2012
Leon Gaysli (Cycling Road – Men’s individual H3 road race and Men’s individual H3 time trial) Leon was a late entry to the Games, arriving on a...
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Podcast: Adrian Plass
“I haven’t laughed this much since my husband died.” That’s what one woman said to Adrian Plass after a talk he did as part of...
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Sewing stars
Nomagugu – or Noma for short – is married with an eight year-old daughter and a son of almost two. Noma is HIV-positive and is part of the weekly Morning...
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What a difference a year makes...
Does the presence of young Christians in these global and often impoverished communities actually make a difference? Do the young people themselves experience something...
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Undefeated athletes: Where are they now?
Leon Gaisli – T54 Road cycling Leon appears in Undefeated sharing how his wife and eight children died in the 2010 earthquake. He made a remarkable...
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BMS staff get authentic mission training experience
The sixteen Didcot-based members of staff, including PAs, accountants and designers, really valued the opportunity to get on the other side of the desk and learn about...
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Standing firm: Orissa church grows
Followers of Jesus in the troubled north east Indian state of Orissa are living proof of Paul’s words from 2 Corinthians. In the face of persecution – houses and...
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Celebrating 20 years of PEPE
Changing children’s lives in 12 countries and on two continents, the PEPE pre-school education programme is 20 years old this month. Started in 1992 by then BMS worker...
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More than just a school: KISC's 25 years in Nepal
It’s hard to place a true value on the impact of KISC. Over the last quarter of a century, this school has enabled dozens of mission workers to make a difference...
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Terror turns to tears of joy
Aline’s tears of joy might have been so different. In 1994, she fled the genocide in Rwanda with her mother and came to France. They’d had contact with...
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Richard Rohr, art and music in next Catalyst
An exclusive interview with Richard Rohr, as well as interviews with a renowned American artist and a celebrated composer will feature in the next issue of Mission Catalyst...
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BMS feeding churches through the web
Please help put the BMS Live Feed onto your church website and enable us to readily spread the news of what God is doing through BMS World Mission. Over 50 churches...
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A snapshot of Mugu
One of the poorest and most remote districts in Nepal, Mugu is situated in the north-west part of the Himalayan mountains. It is an isolated community – a two day walk...
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PEPE brings hope to Angola's children
Angola is a young country. Not young in terms of its existence as a physical area, but young in terms of its population. More than half of its estimated 18 million...
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From Capitalism to Christ
Originally started in 2004 as an experiment, School Without Walls (SWW) has grown rapidly since then. A three-year grant from BMS World Mission in 2011 has helped the...
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A 'friend request' from the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary
Today, over 70 per cent of all people in the world use different kinds of social media and over 75 per cent of all businesses and universities use social media as a form of...
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Our first cyclone
Here they tell us of their first experience of a cyclone in Haiti: On Monday afternoon we had an appointment in town. Before we left the orphanage where we live, we...
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From tsunamis to civil war: Christians responding in love
Syria’s humanitarian situation – which comes as a result of political upheaval and prolonged open conflict – is well-publicised in the media. At...
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